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kokeshis

kokeshis is the plural of kokeshi.

Meaning of kokeshi

Noun

kokeshi (plural kokeshis or kokeshi)

  1. A Japanese wooden doll with a spherical head having simple painted-on features, and a limbless, cylindrical body, typically featuring a painted-on floral design.
    • I have a hurried look round my shelves: the Hawaiian belle of the dusky skin, the little Red Indian dolls from Lake Placid, the rows of kokeshis from Japan, which all bring back memories of wonderful Rotary friends, all over the world.1973 May, Manju Deb, “Dolls Through Rotary”, in The Rotarian

Questions about kokeshis

What is kokeshis the plural of?
Kokeshis is the plural of kokeshi.

Words near kokeshis in the dictionary

  1. kokerboom
  2. kokerbooms
  3. kokers
  4. Kokes
  5. kokeshi
  6. kokeshis
  7. Kokhor
  8. koki
  9. kokihi
  10. Kokila
  11. Kokilapriya

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